City Council approves ‘compromise’ on use of jail facility
The amendment would allow the continued use of the facility’s Temporary Detention Center for housing certain inmates. It will require one more vote from the council.
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How New Orleans schools’ ‘graduation rate index’ jumped 20 points in one year (Hint: It’s not the same thing as the graduation rate)
The state's graduation rate index is a part of its rating system. While the state uses the graduation rate to calculate the index score, the two numbers are not the same.
Company that received large incentive package to create jobs in New Orleans plans to hire overseas, records show
Federal records show that DXC has filed more than 150 applications for H-1B visas.
‘Your honor, can I tell the whole story?’ Part 3
A murder in New Orleans, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades.
District Attorney has dropped 83 percent of domestic violence charges in Municipal Court in last two years
Last month, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said that his office was sending almost all domestic violence charges to Municipal Court, rather than state court.
‘Your honor, can I tell the whole story?’ Part 2
A murder in New Orleans, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades.
‘Your honor, can I tell the whole story?’ Part 1
A murder in New Orleans, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades.
Changes in ACT will allow students to combine best scores beginning in fall 2020
The ability to take individual subject tests and to combine best scores could help level the playing field between low-income and more affluent students, says an administrator at the city's largest charter operator.
Persistent outages plaguing Grand Gulf nuclear plant are adding millions to the bills of New Orleans customers
The outages cost New Orleans customers upwards of $100,000 a day, according to Entergy.
Mental Illness Behind Bars: The hard lessons of Orleans Parish
The city and the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office are implementing short- and long-term plans for housing mentally ill inmates, but critics say jail is no place to treat mental illness.
